Shaft-packing



C. STEENSTRUP. SHAFT PACKING.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7. 1919.

l ,382, 94 1 Patented June 28, 1921.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN STEENSTRUP, OI SCHENECTADY, NEW YOR1 I,-A.SSIGNOR TO GENERAL- ELECTRIC COMPAN Y, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SHAFT-PACKING.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 28, 1921 Application filed November 7, 1919. Serial No. 336,405.

projections which pack against the surfacev of adjacent rings thereby forming a tortuous passage to baflle the flowof the fluid, the leakage of which it is desired to prevent.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved method for making a packing element for use in a packing of'theabove referred to type, and for a consideration of what I believe to be novel and my invention,

attention is directed to the accompanying description and the claims appended thereto.

In the drawing, Figures 1 and 2 are views illustrating successive steps in the formation of a packing element, and Fig. 3 shows a "complete packing made according to my invention. Q r

Referring first to-Fig. 3,5 indicates a rotating shaft which maybe, for example, the

shaft of an elastic fluid turbine and 6 indicates a wall having an opening 7 through which the shaft projects and between which.

and the shaft it is desired to prevent leak- 35, age. Wall 6 may be, for example, a part of a turbine casing. -Carried byshaft 5 are one or more sleeves 8 having axially spaced collars 9 thereon from which pro ect concentric radially spaced axially extending rings 10. v 4

lamped between casing wall 6 and an inturned flange 11 on the outerendv of a housing 12 are a-number of packing elements J each comprising a disk 13 located 1n a plane 4 at right angles to the shaft and provided on either one or both sides with axially projecting concentric rings 14 which interleave with rings 10; Housing 12 is fastened to wall 6 by suitable bolts 15 and disks 13 are spaced apart by the outermost rings 14, between which are arranged spacing rings 15?. Connected to the outer edges of rings '14 and projecting on each side thereof are thin packing strips 16. The edges of strips 55. 16 term n e close to the surfaces of rings 10 and pack against them. Strips 16 are made from very thin material and present sharp edges to the surfaces of rings 10.

pack ng as described above and shown 1n F 1g. 3 is of known type and my invention has to do particularly with the method of making the packing elements" which comprise the concentric rings 14 with the strips 16 projecting from the edges thereof. Inv this connection it is pointed out that such 66 strlps are made of very thin material and it 18 essenti-al'thatthe .be accurately concentrio and that the? e very firmly-attached to the edges of rings 14.

According to my invention I take a'suitable piece of stock in the form of a disk (F1g. 1) and out annular'slots or grooves 20 1n e ther one or both of its faces to form the pro ectmg, concentric, radially spaced rin s 14 earned by disk 13. If there are to e ,rings 14 on both sides of disk 13 then grooves 20 are cut on both sides as shown 1n Fig. 1. If however, there are to be rings- 14 on only one side then grooves 20 are cut on only one side. It will be clear that grooves 20 can be all machined with a single setting of the piece of stock and that the rmgs 14 will be accurately spaced and perfectly concentric.

After grooves 20 have been cut, I then take a disk 21 of. suitable-material, such as nickel, place it against the outer edges of rings 14 and fasten it thereto in a suitable manner as by copper brazing. Disk 21 is of ver thin material but being in the form of a disk it is readily handled without bend ing. In a case as shown in Fig. 1, a disk 21 will be fastened oneachside of the packing element. Annular grooves 22' are now machined in the disks 21, such grooves be- 96 ing located: between rings 14. This forms,

as will be clear from Fig. 2, a packing element comprising the rings 14 on the edges of which are thin strips 16 projecting at right angles thereto, and each thin strip is 100 fastened in place by brazing. Grooves-22 are made of such width that when the packing is assembled rings 10 will just pass through them and make the desired'elearance therewith. Since the grooves 22 will 10 be all cut at one setting of the acking element in the machine with 'whic the work is performed they will be very accurately concentric and their edges will pack evenly against the surfaces of rings 10.

With my arrangement the strips may be as thin as found desirable and they maybe made from a suitable non-corrosive metal as nickel or the like, while the part which carries them may be made oisteel. Also the strips will be very firmly anchored to the edges of rings 14:. Furthermore it will be clear that even though rings 14: should not be truly concentric this will not afiect the accuracy of the strips 16 since openings 22 are made after the strip 21 is fastened to rings 14. I

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. The method of making a packing element which comprises taking a member having spaced projecting concentric rings thereon, fastening a sheet of thin material to the edges of said rings, and machining annular grooves in said sheet at points between said rings. v

2. The method or making a packing element which comprises taking a member havrecast-r ing spaced projecting concentric ringsthereon brazing a sheet of thin material to the edges of said rings, and machining annular grooves in said sheet at points between said rings.

3. The method of making a packing element which comprises taking a disk and machining spaced grooves in a surface out it to form spaced concentric rings, brazing a disk of thin material to the edges of said rings, and machining annular grooves in said disk at points between said rings.

4. The method of making. a packing element which comprises taking a block of material, forming spaced annular concentric grooves in both side surfaces thereof to form concentric rings, brazing sheets of'thin material over the edges of said rings, and forming annular grooves in said sheets at point between said rings.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of November, 1919.

CHRISTIAN STEENSTRUP. 

